Mr. Jessett was a well-known local entertainer/ventriloquist who was much in demand at parties and especially popular with children with his doll “Joe”.

He served as a flight mechanic in the R.A.F. in the Great War and, being on reserve, was called up for duty in World War 2.

He took his own life, when home on sick leave, believing that he would be shot on

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returning to his unit when, in fact, he was due for a promotion.

He was found at home by his wife who had gone out early that morning and returned to find he had locked himself in the bathroom. After forcing the door with the help of a passing coalman she saw that her husband was dead with a piece of cord around his neck.

An inquest concluded that he had strangled himself when the balance of his mind was disturbed.

Sources:Personal research, CWG

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